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Dang J, Barker P, Baumert A, Bentvelzen M, Berkman E, Buchholz N, Buczny J, Chen Z, De Cristofaro V, de Vries L, Dewitte S, Giacomantonio M, Gong R, Homan M, Imhoff R, Ismail I, Jia L, Kubiak T, Lange F, Li DY, Livingston J, Ludwig R, Panno A, Pearman J, Rassi N, Schiöth HB, Schmitt M, Sevincer AT, Shi J, Stamos A, Tan YC, Wenzel M, Zerhouni O, Zhang LW, Zhang YJ, Zinkernagel A. A Multilab Replication of the Ego Depletion Effect. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY SCIENCE 2021; 12:14-24. [PMID: 34113424 DOI: 10.1177/1948550619887702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
There is an active debate regarding whether the ego depletion effect is real. A recent preregistered experiment with the Stroop task as the depleting task and the antisaccade task as the outcome task found a medium-level effect size. In the current research, we conducted a preregistered multilab replication of that experiment. Data from 12 labs across the globe (N = 1,775) revealed a small and significant ego depletion effect, d = 0.10. After excluding participants who might have responded randomly during the outcome task, the effect size increased to d = 0.16. By adding an informative, unbiased data point to the literature, our findings contribute to clarifying the existence, size, and generality of ego depletion.
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Affiliation(s)
- Junhua Dang
- Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Sweden
| | - Paul Barker
- Social Cognition Center Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany
| | - Anna Baumert
- Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn, Germany.,TUM School of Education, München, Germany
| | | | - Elliot Berkman
- Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
| | - Nita Buchholz
- Department of Psychology, University of Koblenz-Landau, Mainz, Germany
| | - Jacek Buczny
- Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
| | - Zhansheng Chen
- Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
| | - Valeria De Cristofaro
- Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, University of Rome "Sapienza," Italy
| | - Lianne de Vries
- Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
| | | | - Mauro Giacomantonio
- Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, University of Rome "Sapienza," Italy
| | - Ran Gong
- Department of Psychology, Beijing Sport University, China
| | - Maaike Homan
- Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
| | - Roland Imhoff
- Social and Legal Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
| | - Ismaharif Ismail
- Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore, Singapore
| | - Lile Jia
- Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore, Singapore
| | - Thomas Kubiak
- Heath Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
| | | | - Dan-Yang Li
- Department of Psychology, Beijing Sport University, China
| | | | - Rita Ludwig
- Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
| | - Angelo Panno
- Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, University of Rome "Sapienza," Italy
| | - Joshua Pearman
- Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
| | - Niklas Rassi
- Institute of Psychology, University of Hamburg, Germany
| | | | - Manfred Schmitt
- Department of Psychology, University of Koblenz-Landau, Mainz, Germany
| | | | - Jiaxin Shi
- Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
| | | | - Yia-Chin Tan
- Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore, Singapore
| | - Mario Wenzel
- Heath Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
| | - Oulmann Zerhouni
- Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie Sociale, University Paris Nanterre, France
| | - Li-Wei Zhang
- Department of Psychology, Beijing Sport University, China
| | - Yi-Jia Zhang
- Department of Psychology, Beijing Sport University, China
| | - Axel Zinkernagel
- Department of Psychology, University of Koblenz-Landau, Mainz, Germany
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